About 20 years later / in Japan, / Kikunae lkeda / was eating a bowl of soup.
As he ate, / he tried to decide / what made the soup / so delicious.
His wife told him / how she made it.
The basic ingredient / was dashi, / a stock made with kelp, / or dried seaweed.
Suddenly, / it occurred to him, too: / there weren’t four tastes.
There was a fifth taste, / and this was it- / the deep, / full taste / in the stock!